For the first 19 days in March, Valencia becomes an amazing open-air ephemeral street-arts museum to celebrate spring’s arrival. Around 800 Fallas, created using large wooden structures covered with painted papier-mâché, conquer the city. These monuments, combined with music, pyrotechnics and traditional dresses create a fabulous atmosphere. In 2016 UNESCO decided to list it a Cultural Intangible World Heritage. (Source: fallasfromvalencia.com, 2020)

The author of the composition uses music to describe this beautiful event with the most important moments, starting with the beginning of the festival: “la plantà” (when the elements of the monument are assembled in their neighborhood locations); “el pasacalle” (the parade in which the falleras and falleros show off their traditional costumes); “la mascletà” (a daily pyrotechnic show of choreographed explosions); “la ofrenda de flores a la Virgen de los Desamparados” (each neighborhood club makes a floral offering to Valencia’s patron saint); and ending with “la cremà” (when all the monuments are burned on the 19th of March and marks the end of the festival). The author has been inspired by the traditional works such us: “El Fallero” by J. Serrano, “Valencia” by J. Padilla and “L’entrà de la murta” by S. Giner, among others, which are interpreted by thousands of musicians during the events held in the Province of Valencia.